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Post Sat May 18, 2013 11:32 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

so what quad injectors per cylinder xD? that should get you an extra 5000bhp xD
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Post Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:51 pm

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Space is getting rather tight, and there's still a fair bit of plumbing and heatshields to go in yet!

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Post Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:27 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Bit of framework to make it easier to shape the rear bonnet/scoops, yeah, you know how I said the engine bay was quite tightly packed? :D

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Post Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:40 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Spaghetti junction time this week:

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Post Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:23 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Wiring fairies aren't very fast, only just finished the engine bay wiring. Bah. Taking ages, and still got the main connector to put on and the rear lights (once we've made a bonnet).
Although in my defence I did modify a few crimp tools as I wasn't happy with the quality of the crimp, now you can swing off them ;)

On the other hand, all the connectors are on, everything is sealed and lubed, every wire has strain relief loops before terminations (so does the main loom before the bulkhead connectors, etc), and has the heatshrink over those bonded on with polyurethane to make sure the insulation takes any strain rather than the conductor even if it gets some serious abuse. Which, lets face it, is bound to happen when we end up taking something off with a hammer :D
The whole lot is shielded from EMI, and has heat reflective foil under an abrasion resistant braiding, and any connectors that didn't originally have seals I've made some for using some high-temp silicone and some creative use of heatshrink for moulds...
Basically, made it as bulletproof and ham-fisted-idiot-proof as possible, so should last a few years, even if we keep up our normal routine and end up unplugging it every week to fix something ;)

Still, only the dash loom, cabin loom and the forward loom for the PAS/horn/battery/fuel pump, etc, to go.....anyone want a job?
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Post Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:24 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Shiny Shiny Shiny Shiny Shiny....


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Much more fun than wiring anyway.
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Post Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:46 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Getting there with the rear arms, Ed finished a jig and tacked up one side just to double check clearances:

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And new rear discs, same weight as the old ones but 320mm diameter instead of 300mm.

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Post Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:59 pm

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

photobucket says you have to upgrade. i recommend imgur if you dont feel like paying, i dont think imgur limits bandwidth.

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Post Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:49 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Meh, I blame you lot, should stop looking at the photo's and just rear the text. ;)
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Post Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:47 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

imgur limits you to 225 photos in the free version though.
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Post Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:22 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Problem with photobucket these days is there's no stats for what image is using the most bandwidth/views, etc, I think I've probably uploaded a couple without compressing them and that's what's tripping the bandwidth
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Post Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:26 pm

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

T16 wrote:imgur limits you to 225 photos in the free version though.

thats if people want to view your library. when you exceed your limit they still show via direct link
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Post Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:00 pm

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Long time without updates, but it's back in pieces again:

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Basically having the surfaces machined true and making sure everything is spot on and prepped as it all goes back together, all the sealing tape off the ports, new gaskets, aligning all the new belt runs, etc, ready for firing up.

After trying the double diaphragm clutch the other month, went hunting for a tiny pull-type hydraulic slave cylinder, eventually found one that would fit, so onto the other end:

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Yes, strange shaped bulkhead with the fuel tank behind plus a requirement for the fluid reservoir to be behind the bulkhead led to a strangely shaped pedal too. Only a mock up (the ally tube is too soft to support the bearings long term, probably make a sleeved one), but seems to work ok.

And everything fell off the car again so the rear geo. jig could go on to finalise the rear arms:

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Oooh, look, a lovely shiny working thing, lets break it! :D

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Ooops, I, err, it wasn't me, a strange bloke broke it and ran off.

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Then there was an incident involving a pillar drill butchering some finely machined components, a tap, some deburrers and some extra parts. I didn't take a photo of those because of their graphic nature to anyone of a pistonheaded persuasion.

Anyway, it all got back to being shiny after some TLC and some T-cut, and I think all the important bits went back in. I'm sure it'll fine.
That bit that pinged off into the corner didn't look vital.

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Look, 1 whole wheel on the floor, we've invented an agricultural unicycle!

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And look, a real floor, that's an extra 5 years on my kneecap lifespan!
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Post Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:09 am

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Well, the new arm revealed one stumbling block after being cycled - the existing rear geometry gave massive toe change with the extra travel we were intent on using, and nothing beneficial either. After hearing Ed swearing about it for a while I had a look and decided to just re-do the mounting points on the car and make another new arm - I've been wanting to alter some of the rear geometery for a while, so there's really no better time than when you're making a new arm.
We've removed a little of the rear camber change, and lifted the outer pivot to help with the toe curve, which now has about half the previous toe change over the travel and what is there is helping rather than hindering now. As a side bonus that brings the anti squat up a little closer to where I'd like it, and lowers the rear roll centre which should help with a little more traction/grip.
Cheap and cheerful jig to swap the pivot location over to the other side of the car, nothing fancy but it works:

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And on with the new, new arms:

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It's actually made the area for transmitting load around the bumpstops and damper mounts much neater so they should end up a little lighter too, added bonus!

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Post Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:30 pm

Re: My daily and the weekend toy - warning, get coffee. And

Rear damper mounts ended up a lot neater too:

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And sorted. Could just do with finding some wheels with another inch of offset, unfortunately the only thing around are from compomotive and speedline, and they weigh a damned ton :(
Might have to be DIY'd wheels again :D

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Ed's on with welding the other side up at the minute, but we've currently got this in having some suspension work too - it was originally just for damper revalving, but ended up with the front axle being replaced, steering arm, panhard rod and bumpstops altered, and springs changed, hopefully along with a few brake and steering tweaks.
Nothing is ever a straightforward job eh! :D

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We can actually put wheels back on all 4 corners, novelty!

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I'm not guaranteeing they'll stay there the first time it goes down the lane though....;)
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